THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE - DFO gets a truck and hops on Schneider's IC Choice Program

EXCELLENT tip! (Taking notes on this one)

 

Here is one states answer:The glider kit usually has a new VIN, provided by the glider kit manufacturer, and the original vehicle’s VIN is retired. This causes the glider kit to be registered as a new vehicle, with the model year being the year the glider was completed. http://massvehiclecheck.state.ma.us/commercial_glider_kits.html

 

If its like some of the T Buckets I've been involved in, it's the year of the frame or it can be re-registered as a new vehicle, dunno on big trucks though, you'd have to check your local Secretary of State/DMV

 

on a glider kit like from Fitzgeralds it's a completely new truck with just a rebuilt tranny and engine so you get a new VIN number and it's a brand new truck with a special vin identifier so freightliner knows the difference.

 

Does this mean if you were to buy one this year, it would be considered a 2015 and therefore be California CARB compliant?

 

Actually, I think it's the other way around......since it's a "before compliance" frame, you're not subject to the rules.......
as I understand it, anyway

 

After reading through this I think it would be a 2015 but it would not be CARB compliant b/c the engine would not be to meet what DFO is looking for. This would seem to meet the SNI "age of truck" rule and the engine could be a rebuilt 10 yr. old

 

Don't see why they would have a problem with it......I mean, they bought a bunch themselves (had not such good luck with them, but, NTL)